Waverider buoy measurements correlated with wind measurements (Bob Heitsenrether, U. Del.)

01 July 2003, 11:00 AM to 03 July 2003, 10:00 AM (local)


Waverider msmts correlated with wind msmts

Hourly averaged wind data show wind speed decreasing in the evening and increasing the following day by late morning.  The center plot shows hourly measurements of the surface wave non-directional spectrum.  Changes in surface wave spectral levels corresponds to changes in wind speed.  Changes in high frequency spectral levels are abrupt while changes in low frequency levels occur gradually.